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This is an article on how to post automated test results to Microsoft's Test Manager Infrastructure from external sources (e.g. your home grown automated test harness).
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I had to create Umbraco database on my shared hosting (I am using Winhost at the moment) couple of days ago.After checking few examples on
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FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.

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This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.
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by Leung Yat Chun
FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.

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2 Nov 2023 by ehwash
It's been pointed out this is the wrong forum for this type of question. I withdraw.
1 Nov 2023 by CHill60
This is a coding forum. You might have more luck finding an answer with Microsoft Support[^]
1 Nov 2023 by ehwash
I just so happened to notice office files being listed as accessed in the Recent list of Files Explorer without me touching them. I have never seen this behavior before. I only caught it by accident. I had downloaded a pdf file, and this started...
12 Sep 2023 by David Edwards 2022
I want to open a picture that I have highlighted when I open a C# program that will show that picture. The best example would be RARzip. You can highlight the files you want to add to an archive then start Rarzip and it will grab those files for...
11 Sep 2023 by Gerry Schmitz
You're switching between a "picture" and "files". In the case of a "picture": right click the image and copy it to the clipboard. Retrieve the image from the clipboard with your program. Clipboard.GetImage Method (System.Windows.Forms) |...
11 Sep 2023 by OriginalGriff
WinRAR and WinZip don't do that: You highlight the files in Explorer and then tell explorer to open WinZip or WinRAR - Explorer then adds the files to the "command line arguments" part of the application startup, and you can pick them up in your...
6 Nov 2022 by Member 15822000
You can use Mostly Harmless Sql Translator: Json Kusto Pandas[^] to translate your sql into kusto/KQL, there is a cookbook for simple sql statements. Good luck! ^_^
6 Nov 2022 by Mangesh9692
Convert KQL query to SQL Problem statement- Check event time stamp is exist in another table. eg In sql we can user "between" and "and" SELECT Evnt_GUID,Transactiontimestamp,* from TestTrasncstion (NOLOCK), ( SELECT star.GlobalID...
6 Feb 2022 by Member 14998692
In principle i can start the explorer with parameters, but this does not work with unc paths. Now I have found here a working version to get access to remote system on the C$ share. However, I do not want to read the C$-folder, i want to open...
6 Feb 2022 by Dave Kreskowiak
The rather lengthy code snippet at this page[^] seems like it'll do the trick. Once authenticated, you can open an Explorer window to the UCN path just by passing the UNC path as the argument with "explorer" as the Filename.
28 Aug 2021 by Ṉobody
I am creating an application to detect when any file is double-clicked in Windows Explorer or when the user clicks the right mouse button => Open. I need the full path of the file to open. Is there an API to use with C #? So if there are ways to...
28 Aug 2021 by Richard MacCutchan
See Extending Windows Explorer Namespaces with the .NET Framework | Microsoft Docs[^].
8 Apr 2021 by rupali.namdeo
How to upload data from a CSV file to directly in Azure table storage without using powershell? What I have tried: Tried to use storage explorer and there is no option to import data.
30 Mar 2021 by Maciej Los
First of all, please read this: Visual Representation of SQL Joins[^] I'd try this sql query: SELECT tt.Evnt_GUID, tt.Transactiontimestamp, je.* FROM TestTrasncstion tt(NOLOCK) LEFT JOIN ( SELECT Evnt_GUID , StartTime = MIN(CASE WHEN...
21 Jul 2020 by Member 9236261
I have downloaded the source code for Joseph M Newcomer's Metafile Explorer utility from his web site at:http://www.flounder.com/metafileexplorer.htmbut cannot get it to build successfully with Visual Studio 2010. This is a C++ project. Has anyone else had success doing this? I do not...
21 Jul 2020 by Member 14895487
change the arguments of FormatEXTLOGPEN from EXTLOGPEN to EXTLOGPEN32 TreeDecode.h file: static void FormatEXTLOGPEN(const EXTLOGPEN32 * lp, LPVOID p1, LPVOID p2); TreeDecode.cpp file : void TreeDecode::FormatEXTLOGPEN(const EXTLOGPEN32 * lp,...
21 Nov 2019 by Member 14548718
I'm trying to update my old source code to UWP referencing Microsoft.UI.Xaml.dll TreeView control to display/replicate files and folders stored in a string[]. string[] stores the complete paths to one or more files. Example: C:\Users\User\Documents\Test1.txt C:\Users\User\Documents\Test2.txt...
10 Aug 2019 by Member 456781
I downloaded the code from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/columnhandler.aspx "Explorer column handler shell extension in C#". I have Visual Studio 2005 and compliled using C#. (Got a few missing "Articles"). But the code is OK and when I build it, the build succeeds. I put Explorer.exe in...
10 Aug 2019 by Member 456781
The author gave enough information. Here's the solution. Compiled to create the MD5ColumnHandler.dll (I used Visual Studio 2005). Tested as explained in my post and in the article using Debug mode calling Explorer. To implement so is part of XP after bootup (available immediately after doing...
10 Aug 2019 by OriginalGriff
Don't post this under Quick Answers - if you got the code from an article, then there is a "Add a Comment or Question" button at the bottom of that article, which causes an email to be sent to the author. They are then alerted that you wish to speak to them. Posting this here relies on them...
5 Sep 2018 by BillW33
There is a good example of how to loop through all the keys for a registry here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1458653/iterate-through-registry-entries Read about the Registry Key Class here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.win32.registrykey?view=netframework-4.7.2 ...
5 Sep 2018 by Thaana Paana
I want to return the windows right click items that is in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in order. By order like when you click a folder or a certain extension you get different menus and they are in separate places in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, how does windows know to return them in order on right click when they...
5 Sep 2018 by Richard MacCutchan
If you do not know anything about this subject then I would suggest starting with a simpler project. You can find lots of useful tutorials in the https://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/[^] section, or by using Google.
15 Aug 2018 by kingtomxy
In Windows Explorer or other windows application, if you right click in an input box, a default context menu shows up which contains built-in items like 'copy', 'paste' etc. My question are: Can we add a new item into the default context menu with a custom name. If we add a new item, can we...
20 Jul 2018 by Thaana Paana
I'm trying to run a cs file(with arguments) that is in my explorer(not through my IDE). There will be a single method named "main" in the cs file , I want to run that with arguments through my console app. EDIT: If your here for the same thing, :-] compiler construction - Is it possible to...
20 Jul 2018 by MadMyche
You cannot invoke it directly. What you can do is select, compile, and then execute on-the-fly within the calling program
20 Jul 2018 by OriginalGriff
To do that, you need to compile it - that's OK because every .NET installation includes the C# compiler, CSC.EXE: Compiling C# Code at Runtime[^] You can then run it using Process.Start (if it compiles cleanly): Process.Start Method (System.Diagnostics)[^]
20 Jul 2018 by F-ES Sitecore
You can't execute a cs file, a cs file is just a text file. The IDE converts that text into compiled code that can be run.
26 Apr 2018 by Maciej Los
Check this: How do you list all processes on the command line in Windows?[^] and this: Get Process List via WMI[^]
26 Apr 2018 by DKBZA
Hello. Am from argentina and new member of codeproject, i don't understand much english. Excuse me for that... is posible in batch obtain folders path of all opened file explorer windows? verifyng in the recent folder is not the same results before close explorer is posible in batch...
21 Apr 2018 by Wade Harvey
This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.
31 Mar 2018 by Dirk Bahle
Lessons Learned on Software Design with WPF
7 Feb 2018 by Leung Yat Chun
FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.
28 Jul 2017 by ergohack
This is an article on how to post automated test results to Microsoft's Test Manager Infrastructure from external sources (e.g. your home grown automated test harness).
26 May 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak
That's because Explorer only ever launches once and stays running the entire time the user is logged in at the console. When you launched your instance of Explorer, you didn't really launch a new process called "Explorer.exe". You told the existing Explorer instance to open your new window.
26 May 2017 by Member 914236
Hi, I am trying to open Windows Explorer and then wait for the user to close this application, before continuing with my program. The program works as intended with Notepad, but not Explorer. Thanks What I have tried: Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles...
23 Mar 2017 by Member 3395794
I want to Force internet Explorer Always to ask save file prompt, also downloading pdf and also with some reader installed. Someone knows what registry settings works for this purpose? Or any other solution?ThanksWhat I have tried:i need this working on webbrowser, i tried to add...
23 Mar 2017 by F-ES Sitecore
Send your file with the content type "application/octet-stream" rather than "application/pdf". That way the browser will always treat it as a basic binary file and the only options it will give are to open or save.Also as a basic rule "forcing IE to...." is never a solution for any problem....
16 Feb 2017 by Member 10850253
I am trying to open a windows explorer to the path where I have my project, but I am getting file does not exist. I have the project in partition D and not in C.The path I am using is the exact path to the folder, because I used relative paths also.Can someone please tell me how can I open a...
16 Feb 2017 by jimmson
Hi,try this:string filePath = @"...";System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", string.Format("/select, \"{0}\"", filePath));
4 Jan 2017 by Member 10979894
InternetExplorer explorer =(InternetExplorer) ie;((HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event)ie.Document).onmousedown += new mshtml.HTMLDocumentEvents2_onmousedownEventHandler(OnMouseDown);public void OnMouseDown(IHTMLEventObj pEvtObj) { MessageBox.Show("MouseDown fired!"); ...
12 Dec 2016 by H.AL
I am facing an issue on IE, if Adobe reader was not installed PC or disabled in ADD ons in IE, no PDF could open on browser. I do not want to obligate users to download Adobe Reader to display PDF, I need a solution that could work on Chrome, Firefox and IE without any need of Adobe...
12 Dec 2016 by OriginalGriff
Your only option is to use a pdf to html converter - Google Search[^] at your server.If the client can't read PDFs, you can't force it to!
6 Jul 2016 by Member 12618323
How to redirect the current page to a new page in **IE11** ?This is what I have got so far, but it didn't work. ------This htaccess IE11 redirect doesnt work...
6 Jul 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
You may be surprised but user agent string can be faked easily, so a browser can impost any other browser...For that reason you should not differentiate your site based on browser detection, but based on feature detection...For instance do no say I support only Chrome and FF, but say I...
22 May 2016 by BladeLogan
I am trying to connect to the internet through a proxy, more specificlly, this site to test if the proxy is working AZ Environment variables 1.04 As you can see down below.. It is NOT connecting using the proxy I set it to, and as you can see in the code below, it should be.. I used the...
22 May 2016 by an0ther1
You are not setting your Proxy server in the webBrowser1_Navigating event handler, only in your Form_Load event handlerAdd the code to the webBrowser1_Navigating event handler to make your HttpWebRequest use the ProxyWebProxy myProxy = new WebProxy(proxyBox.Text);myRequest.Proxy =...
12 Apr 2016 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
This is a nice question; I even voted 5, even though you could figure the answer by yourself.It looks like there is no such feature, which I think would be great to have. This W3 document on HTML5 (latest HTML version) even states specifically:W3 explains in the HTML5 article on "img"...
12 Apr 2016 by Steve Hodge
What is the html/css/javascript that lets you use one .png with multiple images on it to select only one of the images when the page first shows up and another when the first image is clicked on (for example: play now)What I have tried:I can use onmouseover when there is two separate...
24 Mar 2016 by Simon Langdon
Can anyone provide insight into why the IE Control in our application randomly, infrequently locks up. Because we don't have access to our customer's computers, especially not in a debuggable state, this one's proving really hard to pinpoint. This is an MFC, MDI application where several...
18 Jan 2016 by Member 10395722
Hi,I have this code that i have been using for a long time and this works very well in Chrome, Firefox and even Opera. But I noticed that it does not work in Internet explorer. I have found a lot of things like to use ActiveX but this seems to need the user to change internet settings and...
21 Dec 2015 by Member 12133978
input[type='radio'] { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50% !important; border: 1px solid darkgray; outline: none; box-shadow: 0 0 5px 0px gray inset !important; ...
11 Dec 2015 by Zoltán Zörgő
We are using a browser based EMC2 document management system that is using trusted applets for file system access. We don't have access to the java code, nether to the server, so with anything that follows I mean client side.The application is used on many PCs. We now have IE11.0.23 and...
1 Dec 2015 by Member 12178941
Hi, after long search i found this: Folder Size Information in the Windows Explorer Details View[^] I need something like this for an extra Column to show me the md5-Hash of the File. There are many little Tools, work alone or in Contextmenu - that's no problem. But i can't find a...
6 Nov 2015 by Trimantra Software Solution
I have a Office 365 site.In that I have Document Library. Sync and open with Explorer provides two way sync.But I want one way sync.. means whenever user will add data to Document Library, it should be updated in File Explorer.And no operation should perform on Document Library, if...
22 Oct 2015 by Maculish
I have get the problem,too. Did you get the solution?https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/325079[^]
25 Jul 2015 by Zoltán Zörgő
If no one can tell me how to solve this with WatiN, I will have to get rid of it, and do it in the old way: foreach (SHDocVw.IWebBrowser2/*or dynamic*/ ie in shellWindows){if (ie.Document.Title.Contains("XYZl")) ie.Document.Script.execScript("doit();", "javascript");}At least it...
25 Jul 2015 by Zoltán Zörgő
Hello,I have a project, where I need to automate IE (v8, but the same is valid for v11 also, thus I think it is general). The browser is started (or not) from the user, independent from my application. Thus I need to attach to it, and execute a script. That is not a problem with WatiN:IE...
22 Jun 2015 by Mangesh9692
Hi,My website is hosted on iis 6.0.I trying to access from other machine via host machine ip it show only login page after shows "page cannot be displayed" error for following scenario.In internet explorer,in 1st i open youtube, in 2nd tab i open gmail, in third tab i open my website...
19 May 2015 by Sinisa Hajnal
string lati = reader.GetValue(1).ToString();string longi = reader.GetValue(2).ToString();// I find this much more readable then concatenationstring url = String.Format("https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/{0},{1}", lati, longi);// keep this reference in member variable of the class...
19 May 2015 by Krishna Chaitanya Bezawada
Hi,I developed an C# Windows Application which on Loaded will execute an SQL Query and get the Location Latitude and Longitudes. And displays the values to the user in a message Box. When a user clicks on OK button of the Message Box then Internet Explorer will be opened and the Google Maps...
23 Apr 2015 by maitrey684
I am developing IE extensions using BHO. Currently I am using OnDocumentComplete event which fires when the page loading is completed. I want to inject my JavaScript while rendering HTML such that I can update HTML on the fly.Simple example: I want to replace HREF attribute. But on...
7 Apr 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
ChrisCreateBoss asked:…What else can I use to play several video and audio formats? Formats such as mkv, mpeg, mov, avi, m2ts; wav, mp3. Oh and that is because my project is about a quick file preview app just like on mac os x computers, you select a file, press space, and a nice window...
7 Apr 2015 by ChrisCreateBoss
I am working with WinForms C#. I want my app to be able to make a preview of the selected file in the windows explorer. An example? If I select a song in the windows explorer, my app should show and preview that song maybe using the axWindowsMediaPlayer.Something similar to an...
5 Jan 2015 by usha sri latha
Hi All,Am working on Infragistic controls which will support for IE8.So, I have set IE8 compatibility mode in IE11 browser and allow to work on IE11.Its not working even if i have used meta tag like...or
17 Dec 2014 by Marcin Kozub
In addition to solution posted by Maciej Los, you definitelly should look at System.IO namespace which contain all informations about managing files and directories:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.aspx[^]You should distinct between manage data (such as...
17 Dec 2014 by Maciej Los
Have a look here: Walkthrough: Manipulating Files and Directories in Visual Basic[^] and here: TreeView Explorer using VB.NET 2008[^]It's pretty straightforward. Try!
16 Dec 2014 by Sahayapraveen
Hello every one, I convey my thanks in advance. I am a VB .net developer. I need to show the folders and files in a Tree view in the mean time, I need to do the create and delete of folders using the same Tree view. Can anyone help me. I have seen lots of projects in the web. But...
22 Oct 2014 by OriginalGriff
I'm pretty sure you can't do it: Javascript has nothing I am aware of that would allow you to detect the existence of dual monitors, much less display a new browser on a specific one!
22 Oct 2014 by DungVanNguyen
Dear all Code project members,I 'm developing Web application using ASP.NET, browser displays on 2 monitorsInternet Explorer of Monitor 1 has a button, anytime I click on button, Internet Explorer will be open on with another ASPX pageMonitor 2.Please support me solve this...
18 Jun 2014 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
ERROR - SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'PageRequestManager' of undefined or null reference in IE 10 windows 7[^]
18 Jun 2014 by avelsamy
ERROR - SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'PageRequestManager' of undefined or null referenceIn IE 10 windows 7, when i run it in compatible mode or any other browser or other versions of IE i am not experiencing this error. Any solution for this.......thanks in...
29 May 2014 by aks.shan
When I click on a asp dropdownlist control in Internet Explorer 11,i can see all the values of the dropdown populated above the control unlike in Internet explorer 8.When i click on dropdown list in internet explorer 8 i can see all the values populated downwards.how ca i get this in IE 11?
18 Apr 2014 by Zoltán Zörgő
Hello all,I need a method to force document mode for specific sites. I have no any means to make the developers of those sites to put proper X-UA-Compatible headers. Actually I would imagine my code as an IE 10 or 11 extension that intercepts user activity and forces document mode according...
16 Apr 2014 by DoingWork
Dear allDevice: Psion Teklogix Workabout Pro3Operating system: Win ce 5.0Action performed: In registry (HKLM / Init), entry Launch 80: explorer.exe has been replaced by Launch 80: myApp.exe.Problem occurred: After restart of device, device has been stuck at...
28 Mar 2014 by Akinmade Bond
First, you can't query IE window for tabs that contain a link to your site. To achieve that, you might have to write a service.As regards multiple logins... on my current project, I wanted something like what Facebook has, list all devices you were logged in on and sign you out from the ones...
28 Mar 2014 by PrissySC
I want to click a shortcut from the desktop that will open IE to a specific site address. However, I want it to look for any open IE browser windows and see if any of the tabs contain a portion of this site address, such as *.mycomMultiple logins are killing me and the cloud app does not...
19 Feb 2014 by Mukesh Kumar 1981
This tip is describing about a new feature comes with Visual Studio 2010. This new feature is called SharePoint Server Explorer
15 Oct 2013 by Member 10339112
hey,in all other Document Mode my WYSIWYG editor destroys my semantic syntax, in document mode IE8 it works. Is there a way to force IE to use always this document mode?I just found http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual%3a%24wgDocType but this doenst help me.Default is...
11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community
I had to create Umbraco database on my shared hosting (I am using Winhost at the moment) couple of days ago.After checking few examples on
27 Sep 2013 by SrikantSahu
//If the hr:mm:ss part is removed from the Date object. The code is working fine in IE9var d2 = new Date('2013-09-17');//I wonder , that part can be removed.//new Date() gave me the below result//Sat Sep 28 2013 00:15:53 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)//new Date('2013-09-17') gave the...
27 Sep 2013 by Drew Eidt
The following source is working in Chrome but not IE or Firefox.Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!Site: http://www.homelistingslondonontario.com/default.asp
24 Sep 2013 by Richard MacCutchan
See https://www.google.com/search?q=internet+explorer+save+files[^].
24 Sep 2013 by P Uday kishore
Which is the file that stores information of IE downloads in XP,Is there any structure to read that file.
18 Sep 2013 by Member 10186638
use css like this#txtArea{ border-style:dashed; border-color:red; resize:none;}
18 Sep 2013 by Naga Sindhura
Hi Friends,I am trying to implement TextArea in my Asp.Net Web Forms.Demo - http://jsfiddle.net/W7Rmv/[^] Please check this fiddle with Chrome or Mozilla. When I am trying to implement same TextArea, it asking rows and cols in aspx page and it is not working in IE.What I have...
18 Sep 2013 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)
If you want the same TextArea in Asp.Net, then you can directly use that in the page. Just add the HTML in aspx page, it will render as it is.In case you want to access the control on Server Side (Code Behind), then add a runat="server" attribute to the TextArea like below.
11 Sep 2013 by CodingLover
Hi all,This is something related to folder columns in Windows 7.I ave a folder with some files, and by default I can see Name, Date Modified, Type and Size columns. Any time I can add additional columns into the folder. But those changes are not reflect in sub-folders in that folder. How...
7 Aug 2013 by sörldrk1992
Hey guys, I am having a project ot integrate a programm to the Windows Explorer. I have drawn a sketch:http://250kb.de/u/130808/p/DEExt1iLd7a5.png[^]So I have to create a toolbar (1) with some additional functionalities. I have to create a context menu (2) with my points.The third...
7 Aug 2013 by Garth J Lancaster
Thank you so much for your link and the trash that popped up with it !Windows Explorer provides very little - in fact, nada for the sort of integration you suggest. There are, however, some 'Explorer like' programs, that may server as a starting point 'g'
7 Aug 2013 by ridoy
See...Pretty IE Toolbar in C#[^]Add a context menu to the Windows...
7 Aug 2013 by sörldrk1992
Hey guys,I am just getting started with C# and have already written a bit in Java. Now I have a project to create a toolbar and a context menu in windows explorer. Before I can go for it I need somethink to get used in C# so I wanted to ask if there are some easy tutorials which are some...
17 Jun 2013 by pvsunil
I am looking for developing an add-on in Internet Explorer and below is the requirement. I am looking for developing this using Visual Studio & C#. Hope i can develop using these platform with less effort. - Basically a textbox and a button will be shown in Internet Explorer as a new task...
31 May 2013 by AlphaDeltaTheta
This CP article (.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Context Menus)[^] is a nice place to start.
31 May 2013 by prisoft
I want to add my applications commands to windows explorer's right click menu just like dropbox or winanp. Please help me.
22 May 2013 by Osman24
you can look Apex.WinForms.Controls.ShellListViewI think it is what you want
22 May 2013 by nextX-online
Hi,When I use the windows explorer (XP or Win7), I can see the files content in an embedded viewer (the windows explorer preview pane).Is it possible to embed this preview-component in a .Net program?I just want to show some files (mostly pdf, but not always) in my program side by side...
20 May 2013 by Thomas ktg
I am developing an IE Extension for Gmail. I have to bring my product signature inside the Compose Editor of Gmail and a button down the Tool Bar of Gmail Compose Editor. At First Time when i click on the Compose Button, Gmail's New composers pop up window is opened, I could bring my product...